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Vision Statement

The vision of the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh is to be a national model for engaging people and ideas for common good as a responsive, progressive and scholarly public community. We will be admired for:

  • Enrichment and leadership that emphasizes intellectual, civic, ethical and personal development for students, faculty and staff.
  • The centrality of the student-faculty relationship that is distinguished by active learning, mutual respect and collaborative scholarship.
  • Teaching excellence that is characterized by diversity, discovery, engagement, innovation, dialogue and dissemination.
  • Scholarly achievement that furthers new knowledge through diverse methods of inquiry and is applicable to multiple audiences.
  • Partnerships that mutually serve, stimulate and shape the University and the broader public.